Farmers have an opportunity to tell USDA what is important to them when implementing the 2018 Farm Bill. The agency is holding a listening session February 26th in Washington D.C., and is also accepting written comments online. USDA is encouraging everyone to submit written comments by Friday, which is also the deadline to register to …
Feb 20
Jimmie Allen gives it his “Best Shot” and lands an ACM nom
BBR It’s been a life-changing year for newcomer Jimmie Allen. Twelve months ago, his debut single, “Best Shot,” was released, and it went on to finish 2018 as his very first number one. Then, Wednesday morning, the Delaware native found out he’s up for an Academy of Country Music Award. “Last year I watched the ACM …
Feb 20
What’s next for Karl Lagerfeld’s famous cat Choupette?
Franziska Krug/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Champagne baths. Weekly manicures. Private planes. Magazine covers. You name it. She has it. And more is likely on the way. We’re talking, of course, about the late Karl Lagerfeld’s very FUR-tunate feline fashionista, Choupette Lagerfeld. As the fashion world reels over the death of the design icon, questions are …
Feb 20
Jake Owen goes “Down to the Honky Tonk” for an ACM nod
ABC RadioOf all the songs nominated for ACM Single of the Year at the April awards in Vegas, only one has the distinction of being a current top ten hit: Jake Owen’s “Down to the Honky Tonk.” It’s a nod that apparently caught the Florida native off-guard. “Holy guacamole…” Jake reacted on Twitter, adding the avocado emoji. “I …
Feb 20
Samsung unveils ‘Galaxy Fold,’ the first foldable smartphone-tablet hybrid
KreangchaiRungfamai/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Fold, a smartphone that fits into your pocket but unfolds into the size of a tablet, at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday. “We are fundamentally limited by the size of our devices, until now,” Justin Denison, Samsung’s senior vice president of marketing, told an audience of …
Feb 20
Vatican to hold unprecedented summit on priest sex abuse starting Thursday
ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images(VATICAN CITY) — After thousands of cases of clerical sexual abuse of minors have come to light over decades, an unprecedented summit of leading bishops gathered to discuss the protection of minors in the church is set to start in the Vatican on Thursday. Speaking to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square on …
Feb 20
‘ISIS bride’ Hoda Muthana is not a US citizen: Sec. Pompeo
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — “ISIS bride” Hoda Muthana, who has been asking to return to the United States, is not an American citizen, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Wednesday, contrary to her family lawyer’s assertion.This is a developing story. Please check back for more updates. Copyright © 2019, ABC Radio. All …
Feb 20
DNA leads to man’s arrest 46 years after murder of 11-year-old Linda O’Keefe: ‘We have never forgotten Linda’
Newport Beach Police(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) — A man has been arrested through DNA and genetic genealogy in the decades-old cold case killing of 11-year-old Linda Ann O’Keefe, who was strangled to death in Southern California in 1973, authorities said. O’Keefe was last seen alive on July 6, 1973, as she walked home from summer school, …
Feb 20
Miss Me More? Kelsea Ballerini’s surprising omission from the ACM’s Female vocalist category
Black River EntertainmentWhen ACM Awards host Reba McEntire revealed the nominees for this year’s 54th annual awards Wednesday morning, there was one name surprisingly missing from the Female Artist of the Year category: Kelsea Ballerini. Kelsea’s been up for the trophy every year since 2015, the same year she took home the New Female Vocalist of the Year award. In …
Feb 20
Officers mourn NYPD detective slain by friendly fire: ‘Brian lived to protect all New Yorkers’
tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) — Grieving officers of the New York Police Department gathered Wednesday at an emotional funeral for Detective Brian Simonsen who was killed by friendly fire while responding to a robbery last week. Simonsen, 42, and his partner “made the decision to move toward the danger” at a Queens T-Mobile store on Feb. 12, …